NIS: Slave server creation fails with error "Can't enumerate maps from nis-master.example.com"

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Issue

  • NIS: Slave server creation fails with error.
# /usr/lib64/yp/ypinit -s nis-master.example.com
Can't enumerate maps from nis-master.example.com. Please check that it is running.

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
  • ypserv

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